This film describes how Puerto Rico, with too many people and too few resources, created an industrial economy and emerged from colonial rule to self - government. Governor Luis Muños Marin here decsribes his "Operation Bootstrap" program, interviewed on-camera with director Bill Deneen. The script was written by noted novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard.


This movie is part of the collection: Academic Film Archive of North America

Director: William Deneen
Producer: William Deneen
Production Company: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Sponsor: Matt Heftler
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Encyclopedia Britannica Films; William Deneen; Puerto Rico; Luis Muños Marin; Operation Bootstrap

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